The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1887-11-17
MEXICAN TEnEaRAPHs.
Attacked by Monkeys, Ante, Woodss
peckers and Tigers.

Like the land Of Grecian fable, Mexico
isa paradise girt with fire. sss here ares
at least three distinct climates that Of
the Tierra Ira, or Cold Land, up in
the mountains; that ofithe TERRA Tenn
plada, Temperate Land, on the plateau,
and extending down the slope toward
1 the coast a few score miles, and, lastly,
that of the TERRA Calientc, or Hot
Land, which takes in the coast on the
Pacific and Atlantic sides with also
some Of the sloping country.
The TERRA Templada Is, at the north
of the country, characterized by vast
treelesS plans, over Whlcn muSC De
ilauieu py tallWNy, VI W catC}wnele al I Iile
ian"ay uoes HVS PeneItate, .lo poies
anu Mne ioe ene AiIies ULtenCilles
RleaC !oaGs ol pores cuI al Cne !orests
aiounu gIoiuca VI Ialzcuaio' III cie
souSneln ~ palS " Sle ieRupitc, .. naVe 70
y 70 eioWly ailu la1Utious,y G,l,y iau1su pVer
Iite nGS piainS " CiiltuMnua a.lu puI III
piace uy Aem s, VIZ eaiiy elieiI i'.tiolis 70 ti
,o ~ uay5 ~ ,,. .ao ~ nc IEs. " .t'e
nad poieS mI y,o mie 10 neeessy eiea;y
oni,'noeu ~ .si Ino yianspolSavion, a,lu ~
niy 10 ss.iu S,laC eenagispn Wiz, piaceu
anioso sny mn1io 41i' ~ nAoAioo, cos.s S.e
guYeliiiotS sa1 n siiieo elnl9s Wtay a; ~ uiu
iatnueu m. aI CIV Giuz VI Iaso uel N orte.
My iasetens oil noiseoacN ~ AolClelll
oH.so nnI .iatoiSiS .nese sasv, tLeeiess @
a,u 1 n.ay pia.iIs 'top GU iieno 9oI'
oanp, pLu ~, ,1taig .ai1 .elestapn Foigs
aSooee,oio CIV t'ol'iaoiy niy seasoieu, CIV
them down for iireWood. And this Is
!.s .oo oil. 3s 9 : iuinpio A"nohSio, ueslr-
ing stoch ] VI "lle Will ,;.,N Wilicii nc 70 renee
III an lnGlosule, goes WIN hls peon ser
vun., s'nu ou.s uown q t.lio VI Cwo ior
i'1e, neaYing Poies ol.ehVlhies Prostrate;
Lie "'o ~, ildSseih seSn poles Wlleless, any
n,o ss,So iohs 'uo''he' u "he "itiouC
poie'.
hoNEfcoMBlNaT THE POLES.
And the poles brought 80 far at so
great an expense have other enemies be-
SIDES man. There is the insignificant
looking Worm, The ''jengen," which III
sld1ously honeycombs the poles till some
tine day they fall at the breath of y
breeze, strewlng fragments Of wood
over the ground. This is q formidable
opponent Of telegraph communication
IN Mexico, and any bright American
who can show how to keep it out Of the
poles may fairly demand a reward from
the Mexican government.
~ los pajaros son enemigos tambien"
and the birds are also enemies). There
IS q Mexican woQdpecker who sits up
toward the tops Of the poles and pecks
ana pecks Tor whole days, till tho top
comes or, anu wires and cross arms go,
LOO. a great rogue is this Mexican
Woodpecker, the sworn enemy OF tcle-
graph poles. The llnemen (celadores)
shooG nm when they can, but of what
user ono dles ana forty come after
the tunerall
ana then the white ants, those in
austrloMs @ unseen hollowers out OF tim
Der. Ihese tiny creatures will eat out
.n1 ,ilsloo VI pore tlli IL isa mere Sfell,
ahso,nta,u 90 :ynnS 1Iotny fn. ,,"t,,in paC
aooshail Effn e<,,,ao tho 'v;,,n ~, "1 ~ ai,
nofea l,1nv ta,, .s r. tno,, ..mm Vt.o
nests dotoched ,v 'y oy,,e ~ 'io1 nihaSo iess
t.horm;oas hIanoos,, Ii,r out tI,o inaiIo Io
of non ss t;n,hors y, ooV ,.to ,'rotS,e f 4i'e
country 'rhav ba 10 eva,, hoa, p,,, -, ,,mon ~ .,o
tn 80 hollow ont the lena nf :, m diN;mi.
table that one dav do ldown M q ~ n,%,a g % ,n,'S
ali its crocRerv @ and the noonIau o nal ms,1'
too. The hormiga blanca is also tho
sworn anen,v ~ n;yii;not;on a,,n ",S0 NV ,no
erase &C @ renr 0t SiEi,lel4i, W. anu pro-
Bnt the Hot land H,s ;ts nnenias oe
telegran aiso ~ ITnr VA SrnS,e t.S e'e' Bnin =.
Ballantvne ~ Verne would b5vn ,oig- ni
Ell Oh Lie fnctS here nrpSnntpn Pic
to Yourselves oood frien1s on soosiIs
piazzas or lo,ngin@ On monnta in 'tnne
this summer day n countrv of innop1 ,'
etrahle veoetation win oioont;o nnIn's
and plantains, with iunales o 50 Dense dense
that f. is hard work with a stont nmI
sharn mochete to rn,,ro y natb thro,,ni' "
them, 81 comntrv Of intcnse% % hnat Of J,. y,
umerable mns1uitoes and tichns - ana
malaria and snaIee and Wenototi ' G,,u in,,
that grows IN in n dov to n habit thnt
interferes with the laior of mop ''''''
rIc,,,r>1,, o,,1, NM, ,,,r'r
GO, nllN" ort lini Tuna.
% aucil are some pafGs OF the MeXlcan
s,aIes % tI ol ! tapasco ana ucatan. ana 1t
all 20 o,iiougii ,l SUCH regions ti1at Cne tele-
eanpa wiz WIG. connects tne Mexican
IapiS"i In % miIi !nnpoi'anC ponts IKE San
"ont,.oIa "ua. Dap'isTa % VI oal CtistoDal must
Heaeola'e. l;no9',o ms ,s a country WheIe tne
'ti riaan tn Ga,, ~ ~ so1ples, any armed WIN
Mox;oon ~ "Sno ;aont; ~ .lle iielGe pun,a, OF
and 10 osraea v,e1t .'gieJ, WHO % S'atllts man
anu 20 eopeoiaily my raVeis9us 1oi teiegrapn
do,mn Jonoi uo.ois1 -, At ~" A-."an \. hnemen
anma' @ ~ Ilio, iot GoasC country shoot
10y 10y pun" "iile o0I aItending 10
IiolI llueS.